AccuWeather's Jon Porter demonstrates how MinuteCast® helps you prepare for incoming weather by the minute for as far back as four hours. This feature is available on the free AccuWeather app.
00:00There's so many great tools in the free AccuWeather app to help you stay safer and make the best weather-impacted decisions.
00:10That's what we're here to do at AccuWeather.
00:12And one of the things that we hear from AccuWeather app users all the time that they love is the AccuWeather MinuteCast.
00:19And that's another exclusive AccuWeather tool that's minute-by-minute forecasts of precipitation at your exact street address going out the next four hours.
00:29And you can see the MinuteCast is front and center on the AccuWeather app.
00:33And you can see in this case it's an example saying heavy rain and a thunderstorm starting in 19 minutes.
00:39And this dial shows the next 60 minutes and the intensity of rain or snow or ice during the winter during the next 60 minutes.
00:47Now what you can do is tap on see next four hours there.
00:51And you get a detailed graph here that allows you to scroll out as you move to the right here on the graphic.
00:58And you can look minute-by-minute over the coming four hours to look for when the rain is going to be heavier,
01:04when it will be lighter, when there can be breaks in the rain,
01:07which is extremely helpful for planning for any kind of outdoor activity from biking to hiking to being outside with your kids' soccer games.
01:16So many different ways to use this capability.
01:18And then of course you can also go into the hourly detail and track out the forecast hour-by-hour with many different parameters at the top,
01:27including the AccuWeather exclusive real field temperature, the UV index, wind, visibility, many other parameters as well.
01:35All of this at your fingertips to make the best weather-impacted decisions.
01:40AccuWeather has been proven to be the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings.
01:44Better protect your family and keep them safer.
